At fifth overall, the Vancouver Canucks will be unlikely to land top prospects Nolan Patrick or Nico Hischier. Perhaps Miro Heiskanen or someone else can sneak into the top two like Pierre-Luc Dubois was a surprising third-overall pick last year, but neither Patrick nor Hischier will be available at five.
Which leaves us with at least 10 other players the Canucks will have to consider for their pick.
There are some popular names out there, like Gabriel Vilardi, Casey Mittelstadt or Cody Glass. But what if the Canucks go a little bit off the board and pick Finnish power forward Kristian Vesalainen instead?